The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-10-13
AS AN ENGLISHMAN.
The EFFORTS YOUNG AMERICA
MAKES TO POSE AS A>BRlToN.
A Long and Tedious Process Of prepara.
tion-The '.English" Method Of Speech
Oddities of Dress-A Distinctive Walk.
The EyeRlas6,

tion.The English" methou OF Speecut
Oddities OF Dress-A Distinctive Walk.
The Eyeglass.
There is q large number of young men
in these free states whose chief object in
life is to be taken for Englishmen.
The youth who wants to pass as an
Englishman is obliged to put himself
through long and tedious process of
preparation. He usually commences with
study of the English method of
speech. The first task is to learn how to
talk 'away down in the chest" and the
phrase chosen to experiment upon is, in
variably, "By Jove." When he can say
lures upon "You don't say so?' He then
passes on to such sentences as "How
awfully jolly. cawn't believe 1t, you
know" and SO on.
If you live in the same house with him
you can hear him up to late hour Of the
night repeating over and over such words
as "dawnce,n ''cawn't,n 'pawth,'
'aw." Sometimes he will allow his
voice to slide up while he says s'demmit." !"
The word that you will hear him use
oftenest is lawfully" He will tell you
that the flower Is lawfully nice," that the
policeman is lawfully kwoss,n that bis
tea is lawfully hot, " and chat Belle Jones
is lawfully jolly" "a
He would almost die for shame should
he make such q vulgar blunder Us to say
sspants." The word he uses Is trousers
''breeches," or 'sbags." He will tell you
confdentially, II pwefew to say bags; it's
awfully English; the best fellows all say
It, you know" In this way does the
young citizen proceed to Auglici2o him
self.
But you can be English IN more ways
than: in speech. Dress oftener proclaims
the American Englishman than anything
alse. Any afternoon about this time Of
year you may see dozens Of American
Engnshmen on Fifth avenue or in the
neighborhood of the Hoffman house, the
Brunswick, or Fifth Avenue hotel. They
are pretty sure to be dressed in large pat
tern checks, to carry enormous canes, and
to have their trousers turned up at the
legs. A pair of trousers turned up at the
legs is the most English sight that you
can see.
WITH TROUSERS TURNED UP.
know young American Englshman
who runs to the window every morning
on rising to see If he will have an oppor.
tunity Of turning his trousers legs up. II
the day looks fine he comes from the
window with disappointed air and says,
"Too bad, by Jove. It isn't going to
vain afteh ALL" Once he has become a
thorough Englishman, however, he viii
walk through Broadway the sunniest day
In the year with his trousers turned up.
The walk of the American Englishman
Is also very distinctive. It Is not, strictly
speaking, walk at all, but stride.
The feet are kept well apart and the toes
are turned slightly in as If the walker
wore spurs. The left arm Is curved and
is permitted to swing but very little.
The cane Is carried perpendicularly and
the point Is brought upon the ground
almost three feet in front of the walker.
It is not good form to throw the chest too
prominently forward, but you will notice
graceful droop of the shoulders.
The single eye glass Is nearly an abso-
lutte necessity, and the American English
man uses it in public just as soon as he
can get it into his eye without opening his
mouth. Several young gentlemen Of my
acquaintance have seriously injured their
eyes by using strong eye glasses when
their sight was good. But injury to ones
eye is a small penalty to pay for such q
fashionable and attractive practice. "By
jove, Chawley," said one young gentle
man, ~ would wawthaw endangaw the
total sight of one eye than suwwendaw the
privilege of weaving the glass. o its
yewy English"
But the pillow Of the young swell is not
without thorns, for his father is very often
blunt spoken, honest man whose gram
mar and pronunciation are none too good.
.sIf fsthaw would only altaw his speech q
twifle I would give half my allowance.
he would 'nevvaw, nevvaw pass for an
Englishman." This is the sad wall Of
many young gentleman in the city Of
New York and through this country
George Salisbury in The Epoch.